Author Archives: Cora

The latest indie publishing sensation and German responses to Amazon’s publishing ventures

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Cora

The Telegraph reports about the newest self-publishing phenomenon, British writer Kerry Wilkinson who sold more than 250 000 books in less than a year, which made him the bestselling Kindle author in the UK. Of course, mega-bestselling indie writers are … Continue reading →

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Public Service Announcement: Self-Publishing Survey

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Cora

And now for a public service announcement: Steven Lewis of the Taleist blog has put together a self-publishing survey to gain some hard data regarding sales, royalties, income, etc… For more information, visit the Taleist or David Gaughran’s blog. The … Continue reading →

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Responses to Jonathan Franzen

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Cora

In the past week or so, there have been plenty of responses to Jonathan Franzen’s anti e-book rant, which is linked here. There are links to a few good ones in the following: Tom Chivers of the Telegraph has some … Continue reading →

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Cora is interviewed – again, The Guardian is stupid on e-books – again – and people are discussing e-book prices and KDP Select – again

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Cora

First of all, I’m interviewed by singer/songwriter and novelist Marie Symeou on her blog today. Come on over and say hello. The Guardian is being stupid on e-books – again – at least as evidenced by this article by Antonia … Continue reading →

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January 2012 E-Book Sales Figures

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Cora

My e-book sales figures for January 2012 matched my December results, so I’m still seeing a sliver of the post-Christmas/New Year sales bump, even if many others are not. In January 2012 I sold 17 e-books across all platforms. The … Continue reading →

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The Book is Dying… Again – Doom and Gloom at the Guardian

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Cora

Ewan Morrison, who proclaimed the death of the book as we know it six months ago, is back at the Guardian. Since the book steadfastly refuses to die, Morrison is now declaring electronic self-publishing a bubble that will burst any … Continue reading →

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Introducing our site redesign and a new story: The Apocalypse Protocol

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Cora

You may have noticed some changes to the site, because with our growing backlist (13 e-books and counting), the old books page was getting crowded. Hence, I now have a new books page with links to genre pages, which in … Continue reading →

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Cora testdrives a Kindle, compares the relative merits of different e-readers and hits a bestseller list.

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Cora

A few days ago, I was at Staples, because I needed some ink cartridges for my printer. By the entrance I noticed a sign: Amazon’s Kindle e-readers now available at Staples for only 99 Euros. Intrigued, I went in search … Continue reading →

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The Debate That Would Not Die: iBooks Author, KDP Select and Exclusivity

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Cora

Apple’s e-book related event in New York today turned out to be mainly about textbooks and educational publishing. Definitely a lucrative market for them to get into, but not really of any relevance to the indie writer. Besides, as Passive … Continue reading →

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International Bookselling News

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Cora

Publishing Perspectives has two interesting articles about the book and e-book market today: First the positive: Amazon is apparently getting ready to launch a Brazilian Kindle store later this year. According to the article, e-books are only 0.5 percent of … Continue reading →

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